Facebook's Signal is a news-finding tool for journalists

For many journalists, Twitter remains the go-to source for following along with breaking news and major events in the world in real time. If there's a major story, you can usually count on tweets being embedded inside the text. But Facebook desperately wants some of that spotlight, and today the company is rolling out a new product that aims to give Instagram and Facebook itself more of a presence in news articles you read every day. It's called Signal, and Facebook describes it as "a free discovery and curation tool for journalists who want to source, gather, and embed newsworthy content from Facebook and Instagram, across news, culture, entertainment, sports, and more all in one place."